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What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:43 pm
by ihenry
I got a ??? on June test. PT was around 175 (didn't use all -- I started from PT1 last year thinking I would prepare for this test "extremely thoroughly", but due to laziness and other commitment at the end of May I realized to my horror that I was still in low 40's. So I skipped PT 50's and 60's and directly attempted PT70+). There is indeed possibility that I will break 175 in October, but I cannot guarantee anxiety or other nasty things will not strike me again, and it may even turn out to be worse.
So will a lower score on retake hurt my chances? I'm an international (no GPA) so with ??? I'm out for HYS anyway. From that down will I be worse off? Thanks.
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:46 pm
by BigZuck
Nah
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:54 pm
by ihenry
BigZuck wrote:Nah
Huh? I read from multiple places something like "... Score often rise slightly on retake, but there is possibility that it may go down." This rhetoric makes me cringe, thinking it is a horrible thing to have.
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:57 pm
by stego
Your score might go down but it doesn't matter. Law schools care about your best take. A lower second take doesn't hurt you.
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:03 pm
by ihenry
stasg wrote:Your score might go down but it doesn't matter. Law schools care about your best take. A lower second take doesn't hurt you.
Thanks, but then why doesn't everybody just sign up for 3 tests in a row and just see how high they happen to get?
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:14 pm
by BigZuck
ihenry wrote:stasg wrote:Your score might go down but it doesn't matter. Law schools care about your best take. A lower second take doesn't hurt you.
Thanks, but then why doesn't everybody just sign up for 3 tests in a row and just see how high they happen to get?
You're giving people way too much credit
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 12:20 am
by arcticsun
ihenry wrote:stasg wrote:Your score might go down but it doesn't matter. Law schools care about your best take. A lower second take doesn't hurt you.
Thanks, but then why doesn't everybody just sign up for 3 tests in a row and just see how high they happen to get?
Not everyone is interested in getting through such gruesome experience for 3 times
Re: What if I score lower on retake?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:26 am
by Mack.Hambleton
ihenry wrote:stasg wrote:Your score might go down but it doesn't matter. Law schools care about your best take. A lower second take doesn't hurt you.
Thanks, but then why doesn't everybody just sign up for 3 tests in a row and just see how high they happen to get?
People are dumb. There's thousands of law students out their who didn't break out of the 150s